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TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book Activities Activity 32: Storybook predictions Nick Shekkeris – Cyprus Age: 7–12 About 30 minutes Large classes? Yes Mixed level? Yes Materials: A story book and a piece of paper and pen/pencil for each child. Organisation: Whole class. Aim: To practise listening skills, especially prediction. Description: Children work alone. They listen to the story and respond to questions the teacher asks about the story by writing or drawing on the paper. Preparation: You will need a piece of paper for each child. You will need to decide where you are going to stop reading in the story so that children can make their predictions. Procedure 1. Give each child a piece of paper (A4 size is ideal). Ask the children to divide it into four squares (by folding or by drawing lines). 2. Tell the children they are going to listen to a story and that they must guess what happens next at different points. Give an example. 3. Pick up the story book and start to read. About a quarter of the way through, stop reading and ask the children to write down in the first square what happens next. For example, if the story is Goldilocks and the Three Bears, you could say, ‘Goldilocks walked into the forest and then she saw a ______. The children write down what they think Goldilocks saw. You can help the children by going back and reading sections that might help the children to guess. 4. When all the children have written something, ask them for their suggestions. At this point it is important to praise the children for their ideas – after all, they do not know the story so all reasonable guesses are acceptable. 5. After discussing the children’s guesses go back to the story and read the complete sentence. Ask the children questions about the right answer; for example, ask, ‘who do you think lives in the house? 6. Continue with the story and half way, three quarters of the way and towards the end, repeat the procedure. 7. Finish by asking children what they think of the story and if they were surprised by anything in it. Notes Do not worry too much about the children speaking in English in this activity. The main purpose is for them to listen to a story in English and to learn that prediction can be helpful in helping them to understand. For many children, it will be too difficult for them to express their own predictions in English, so using the first language is absolutely fine. 70 © British Council 2012
TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book Activities Alternatives • Ask the children to draw a picture or to answer in their first language, rather than write in English. This is particularly useful with low level learners. • Give the children a set of pictures that represent scenes in the story. They can: a. put the pictures into the correct order as they listen b. predict the story by putting the pictures in what they think is the correct order before they listen. They then listen to see if they were right. • Put the children in groups and ask them to stand at the board. Read the story, and at the gap, ask the children to decide on an answer together and then to write it on their section of the board. No resources? If you do not have paper for all the children, ask them to close their eyes and imagine at the prediction points. You can then ask them what they have imagined. © British Council 2012 71
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